And ye, in any wise keep [yourselves] from the accursed thing, lest ye make [yourselves] accursed, when ye take of the accursed thing, and make the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it.
Ver. 18. Keep yourselves from the accursed thing.] This was a fair warning to that foul sinner Achan; but Dεινος και παντολμος της φιλοχρηματιας ερως, covetousness is deadly, daring, and desperate, saith Isidor Pelusiot. a
a Lib. iii. epist. 24.